贝莱德公司首席执行官拉里·芬克警告称，随着对人工智能的需求加速增长，建设数据中心的延迟可能会推高计算成本并威胁经济增长。
Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink warned that delays in building data centers could raise computing costs and threaten economic growth as demand for artificial intelligence accelerates.
芬克周三在柏林全球对话活动期间接受彭博电视台采访时表示：“如果我们不建设这些数据中心，实际上会带来更多通货膨胀，因为目前的计算成本非常高。而且我们建设更多数据中心的速度越快，拥有的计算能力就越多，我们降低成本的速度也就越快。”
“If we don’t build out these data centers, it is actually more inflationary because the cost of compute is so high right now,” Fink said in an interview on Bloomberg Television Wednesday, on the sidelines of the Berlin Global Dialogue event. “And the faster we can build out more data centers, the more compute we have, the faster we can bring down the cost.”
现年73岁的芬克表示，放慢该技术的扩张步伐将产生更广泛的后果。“如果我们放慢这项技术的建设步伐，我认为这确实会危及经济。”芬克此前曾打消对人工智能泡沫的担忧，转而指出供应短缺，并表示需求增长超出了预期。他还警告称，该技术建设的延迟最终可能会限制使用权限。
Fink, 73, said slowing the technology’s expansion would have wider consequences. “If we slow down the build out of this technology, I think it really does jeopardize the economy.”Fink has previously waved off concerns about an AI bubble, pointing instead to supply shortages and saying demand growth has exceeded expectations. He has also warned delays in the technology’s build-out could ultimately limit access.